Oxford in the Cold War
The atlas holds 18 people and 29 moments here, from 1947 to 1990. The most recorded lives are J. R. R. Tolkien, Sydney Brenner and Howard Florey.
Notable people
Alexander Prokhorov
in 1955
1 moment here
Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov was an Australian-born Soviet and Russian physicist whose work in quantum electronics helped lead to the maser and…
Benazir Bhutto
from 1973 to 1977
2 moments here
Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…
Bob Hawke
in 1953
1 moment here
Australian trade-union leader and Labor politician who served as Australia’s 23rd prime minister from 1983 to 1991.…
Charlie Chaplin
in 1962
1 moment here
English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
Elizabeth Taylor
in 1966
1 moment here
British-American actress and HIV/AIDS activist. Born in London, Taylor moved to Southern California in 1939, became a major Hollywood star, worked…
Howard Florey
from 1962 to 1968
3 moments here
Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who led the Oxford team that developed penicillin into a practical therapeutic drug.…
John Eccles
from 1952 to 1990
2 moments here
Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1971
1 moment here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
J. R. R. Tolkien
from 1947 to 1972
5 moments here
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Ludwig Wittgenstein
in 1947
1 moment here
Austro-British philosopher whose work in logic, language, mathematics, and mind shaped twentieth-century analytic philosophy.…
Macfarlane Burnet
in 1954
1 moment here
Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Manmohan Singh
from 1960 to 1962
2 moments here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Osama bin Laden
in 1971
1 moment here
Saudi-born founder and first emir of al-Qaeda. His documented movements include childhood and education in Saudi Arabia and England; militant…
Stephen Hawking
in 1959
1 moment here
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…
Sydney Brenner
from 1952 to 1980
3 moments here
South African-born molecular biologist whose career moved from Johannesburg and Oxford to Cambridge, California, Singapore and other scientific…
V. S. Naipaul
in 1950
1 moment here
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British novelist, essayist, and travel writer.…
Winston Churchill
in 1965
1 moment here
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
in 1950
1 moment here
Pakistani barrister and statesman who served as Pakistan’s fourth president (1971–1973) and ninth prime minister (1973–1977).…
Moments
- 1947 Move to Manor Road J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1947 Jowett Society address Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 1950 Move to Holywell Street J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1950 Arrival for Oxford study V. S. Naipaul
- 1950 Law studies at Christ Church Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1952 Waynflete Lectures John Eccles
- 1952 Doctoral study at Oxford Sydney Brenner
- 1953 Rhodes Scholar at Oxford Bob Hawke
- 1953 Move to Sandfield Road J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1954 Litchfield Lecture at Oxford Macfarlane Burnet
- 1955 Royal Society scientific meeting Alexander Prokhorov
- 1955 First O'Donnell Lecture J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1959 Undergraduate study at University College Stephen Hawking
- 1960 Doctoral study at Oxford Manmohan Singh
- 1962 Provost's lodgings at Queen's College Howard Florey
- 1962 DPhil completed at Oxford Manmohan Singh
- 1962 Receives Oxford honorary degree Charlie Chaplin
- 1965 Buried at Bladon Winston Churchill
- 1966 Doctor Faustus performance Elizabeth Taylor
- 1967 Marriage to Margaret Jennings Howard Florey
- 1968 Death at the provost's lodgings Howard Florey
- 1971 Oxford honorary doctorate Jorge Luis Borges
- 1971 English-language course in Oxford Osama bin Laden
- 1972 Return to central Oxford J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1973 Relocates for Oxford study Benazir Bhutto
- 1976 Herbert Spencer Lecture Sydney Brenner
- 1977 President of the Oxford Union Benazir Bhutto
- 1980 Archibald Garrod Lecture Sydney Brenner
- 1990 Idrios Lecture John Eccles